at the open system that microsoft propagated opting for a closed system to be controlled by one man, steve jobs. one look at the market capitalizations shows the wisdom of jobs' position. more important for this matter is the fact that microsoft's customers ended up in a business that reminds me of the uncoded free sheet paper business, the commodity where there can be no value added. yes, they, the customers, the dells and hewlett-packards, are the true losers of the bill gates movement. hewlett-packard isn't just personal computing but it's printing and consulting. i loathe the printers. as far as consulting goes, take a look how well their competitors are doing. the companies i work for, i pray they see the light and go apple. hewlett-packard is a huge company with quite a hold on the tech budgets of big corporations. but the company will eventually will ripped out of the enterprise. you can't have something that young people hate prevail forever. funny thing, younger people, they get older. and they take the reins from the relics who jammed dell and hewlett-packards down our throats. s